Congress Travel Information

Askov can be reached internationally.

By car from Copenhagen or Hamburg. Travel time: about 2.5 hours.

Flights to Billund

This is the location of all flights to and from Billund

http://www.billund-airport.com/upload/pdf/timetables/timetable_flights.pdf

Airways have direct flights to Billund from Copenhagen, Bergen, Oslo, Helsinki, Stockholm, Stavanger, Aalborg, Frankfurt, Munich, Düsseldorf, Brussels, Paris, Nice, London, Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, Malaga and Prague

Cheap flights to Billund

Check out www.sterlingticket.com/flight  from Paris and Gatwick

From Billund  take a taxi to Askov - ± 60 Euros which takes ± 30-40 minutes. We suggest that you try to pool your taxi with others arriving at the same time. Depending on flight times we will facilitate some sharing of taxis for your return to the airport.

From Billund by bus

This is a one hour 20-minute ride by bus to Askov High School. You have to change bus twice.

Cheap flights to Copenhagen

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Train from Copenhagen to Vejen (± 65 Euros) www.dsb.dk

Copenhagen has a direct rail link to Vejen, 3 km from Askov. Trains go almost every hour. The cost is about € 65 one-way. From Vejen to Askov High school there are taxis (± € 10)

Total travel time: about 3.5 hours.

If you arrive late and no taxi is waiting ring Gunnar’s Vejen taxis 75367433 or Iverser Bakker 75389300. They have 4 or 8 person taxis.

(It is possible to pay by Credit card in Danish taxis!).

Cheap flights to/from Esbjerg

www.esbjerg-lufthavn.dk/

Esbjerg is a little further from Askov than Billund but cheaper flights are available. Ryanair flies from London/Stanstead and British Midland flies from Aberdeen

Taxi From Esbjerg to Askov ±90 Euros

Buses

We do not advise local bus transport as buses go infrequently and take longer to get to their destination. However if you are adventuresome, www.rejseplan.dk will give you further information

Bus (No. 753) goes from Vejen to Askov.

There is a direct bus from Esbjerg to Askov.

Bus from Billund to Askov - you must change at least twice.

 

Various people have helped compile this travel information. If you know of any other ways to reach Askov, or wish help reaching there, or can offer help to others, email the Congress office.